In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Redmayne recalled a moment when he didn’t recognize a friend who was training at the same gym at all.
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Cast Robert Pattinson and Eddie Redmayne are longtime friends and the duo got to know each other long before they entered the public spotlight. According to People magazine, the men have also lived with roommates in the past – despite this, Pattinson’s transformation for his latest film role came as a complete surprise to Redmayne.
Redmayne began to recall Jimmy Fallonin in an interview, a surprising encounter that happened at the gym. Pattinson and Redmayne trained for future film roles in the same hall. TwilightPattinson, who has risen from the movies to the general public, was preparing The Batmanin descriptions.
“One day I went to the gym and saw a guy with a high ponytail, doing some of the most special stunts I’ve ever seen,” Redmayne marvels.
He goes on to say that the guy greeted him but the actor was left staring at the stunts during his own sporting performance.
– When I was leaving, the guy yells “Hey Eddie!” I looked more closely and it was Rob. She was so physically changed and different looking in her braids, and she did so amazing things. He had quite fully experienced the transformation, Redmayne marvels.
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Pattinson lived on a strict diet and trained hard for filming, and the actor also recently commented on the GQ release. Pattinson then raised the issue in an interview with Movie Maker and said he didn’t care to talk about the topic.
“I always find it embarrassing to talk about how I train,” Pattinson laughed.
– I think it’s an English thing. Unless you are in the most incredible condition, then, when people are sincerely interested in how the perfection of the physical being has been achieved, or something, he continued to utter.
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Source: People